THE VISION

Build Equity in Early Childhood
Education Through Awareness

Child care and early education policies are shaped by a history of systemic and structural racism. This has created major racial disparities in children’s access to quality child care that meets their cultural and linguistic needs and enables their parents to work.1 The BEECS Project works to bring local awareness to these disparities.

The task at hand is of vital importance in bringing awareness to the many issues that our community residents face in trying to acquire the best possible education for their children

- FRENCHY DAVIS

THE VISION

Our Children Are Worth the Investment

"Black, Indigenous, and People of Color should not be asked to rest their hope on positive potential, but on equitable policies, principles, and practices." - Lawrence Garrett, Author of The Equity Starter Kit.

Did you know that the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs found that investment in early childhood programs yields a return of $4 to $9 per every $1 invested? Have you ever wondered why our communities aren't seeing these investment dollars? Without the

awareness of how this lack of investment hurts us, it's difficult to know what we all can do together to help.

We all benefit from building equity in early childhood systems. Enrolling a child in an early childhood development system opens opportunities for parents to advance their families. Let's help grow awareness of these issues in Nash & Edgecombe County with investments of time and action. Our children are worth it.

THE DETAILS

How We Accomplish Our Goals

Step 1: Exploratory Planning

In our exploratory planning phase, we host focus groups to pose questions and get scenario responses from parents. We gather research from other like-minded organizations and we engage community leaders for advice and direction.

Step 2: Raise Awareness

We look to arm our community with knowledge based on facts and surveys. We promote our findings to the community through advertising, events, public relations, and promotion through word of mouth.

Step 3: Follow Through

Follow-through is essential. We look to help the community take ownership in the solutions. We create portals of access to information and resources that will help us build equity in early childhood systems.

OUR FIRST FOCUS GROUP

Thank You For Your Participation!

THE GOAL

Statewide Network Local Impact

To accomplish our goal of building equity in early childhood systems for Nash and Edgecombe County it will take our network from across the state to bring about the local impact that we seek. While our local lawmakers may support this effort it takes the community to get behind them to help make a change at the state level.

Fundraising

A special thank you to the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for providing a grant in the form of $330K over a three year period to help us bring awareness to the community.